Intel says it won’t try to kill NVIDIA’s Ion platform |
Intel and NVIDIA aren’t exactly the best of friends. Just when things were looking up in the relationship thanks to NVIDIA allowing SLI on the Intel X58 chipset, NVIDIA ousts Intel as the GPU of choice in the new MacBooks.
A rumor circulated around the Internet that claimed Intel may be looking to kill NVIDIA’s new Ion platform that combines the Intel Atom CPU with an NVIDIA 9400 GPU. The rumor had Intel only selling the Atom CPU with its 945 chipset.
An unnamed Intel spokesperson has come forward and said that Intel has no intentions of only offering the Atom CPU with an Intel chipset. The source says that Intel offers the Atom CPU alone or in a chipset bundle. This leaves the door open for Atom and could result in increased sales for Intel, something it certainly needs today.
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tell me why macbooks need SLi again… i think i missed that part.
to “lollipop”
Where did this article say macbooks would get SLI? I think you misunderstood the article. NVIDIA’s integrated graphics chipset (the 9400 GPU) ousted Intel’s IGP in the latest Macbook updates. Rumor had it that in retaliation Intel was not going to allow Atom chips to work on the 9400 chipset on the Ion platform.
Someone at Intel just went on record to say that Intel will allow Atom to work w/ the 9400 GPU on Ion, which is great news for everyone.
The whole SLI thing is on desktops. Intel wanted to have the ability to sell Intel design and branded SLI motherboards. For the longest time NVIDIA kept SLI to themselves, it meant enthusiasts had to get an NVIDIA-based motherboard. But w/ the X58 motherboard Intel was allowed to use SLI.
how could Intel stop progressing with the speed of their new processors….not yet 4 Ghz however NIVIDIA constantly does a good job with their graphic processor incredibly which Intel may dream for another 10 years. so I’m afraid unless Intel concentrate of her own business with the speed of process, someone like a late comer NIVIDIA take over her domain with same business Intel has been doing many of these years…as a customer, I really want faster CPU speed in near future or else I’ll support anyone who satisfy my need
Because the chips will melt above 3.6 ghz. On these newer chips you can suppposedly OC to 4 ghz on standard air cooling. Probably need some premium thermal grease and a Zalman Heatsink/Fan.